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Catholic Muslim Dialogue James J. Bacik
Saints and Heroes in our Tradition
Introduction
1. Importance -- for world peace -- can't let Osama bin Ladin shape the view
of the world as
2. We have terrible family fights among the Abrahamic religions.
3. No peace in our troubled world peace within the Abrahamic family, no
family harmony without self-critical honest dialogue among Jews,
Christians and Muslims.
4. Happy to be with Dr. Amjad Hussar -- again last year very fruitful. I have
enjoyed our conversations.
15. The topic Saints and Heroes in our Tradition -- religions exist not in the
abstract but in community of people, if you want to know what Christianity
is than look at the life of Christian people -- no one person will embody the
whole of the traditions, some people (the saints and heroes embody some
aspect in an exemplary way).
6. Following a typology of Frederick von Hugel (1852-1925) distinguished (1)
institutional (2) intellectual or doctrinal (3) mystical or experiential or
spiritual aspects.
7. I am going to treat 3 different holy men (1) John XXIII representing the
institutional (2) Thomas Aquinas the intellectual (3) Francis of Assisi as
the spiritual. All three had contacts with the Muslim community.
I. Francis of Assisi and the mystical spiritual
A. Spirituality
1. Ideally Christians are called to put on the mind of Christ -- to be his
disciple, see the world through his eyes, imitate his behavior, live
according to his teaching.
2. In practice we all fail to do this, no one does it perfectly. I am a
Christian in order to become one. We are all sinners in need of
forgiveness.

Catholic Muslim Dialogue James J. Bacik
Saints and Heroes in our Tradition
Introduction
1. Importance -- for world peace -- can't let Osama bin Ladin shape the view
of the world as
2. We have terrible family fights among the Abrahamic religions.
3. No peace in our troubled world peace within the Abrahamic family, no
family harmony without self-critical honest dialogue among Jews,
Christians and Muslims.
4. Happy to be with Dr. Amjad Hussar -- again last year very fruitful. I have
enjoyed our conversations.
15. The topic Saints and Heroes in our Tradition -- religions exist not in the
abstract but in community of people, if you want to know what Christianity
is than look at the life of Christian people -- no one person will embody the
whole of the traditions, some people (the saints and heroes embody some
aspect in an exemplary way).
6. Following a typology of Frederick von Hugel (1852-1925) distinguished (1)
institutional (2) intellectual or doctrinal (3) mystical or experiential or
spiritual aspects.
7. I am going to treat 3 different holy men (1) John XXIII representing the
institutional (2) Thomas Aquinas the intellectual (3) Francis of Assisi as
the spiritual. All three had contacts with the Muslim community.
I. Francis of Assisi and the mystical spiritual
A. Spirituality
1. Ideally Christians are called to put on the mind of Christ -- to be his
disciple, see the world through his eyes, imitate his behavior, live
according to his teaching.
2. In practice we all fail to do this, no one does it perfectly. I am a
Christian in order to become one. We are all sinners in need of
forgiveness.